QMMY stock
FT Vest NASDAQ-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - May (QMMY) short interest & short volume · 66K shares short
FT Vest NASDAQ-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - May official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
QMMY short interest fell 4.2% to 66K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 27.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 29.4% the 20 sessions before, the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 17, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 66K
- prior 69K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 4.1
- avg vol 16K
- Change vs prior report
- -4.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 66K | $1.8M | -4.2% | — | 4.1 | $26.89 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 69K | $1.9M | +6.0% | — | 5.4 | $27.00 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 65K | $1.7M | -26.3% | — | 3.9 | $26.30 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 88K | $2.4M | +15.6% | — | 6.5 | $26.57 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 77K | $2.0M | +110.1% | — | 2.3 | $26.64 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 36K | $941K | -47.9% | — | 1.3 | $25.84 |
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
- Latest (Nov 11)
- 33.9%
- 3K of 9K
- 20-day average
- 27.8%
- prior 29.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 34th
- 201 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · QMMY overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 3,181 | 9,394 | 33.9% |
| 2026-11-10 | 3,882 | 10,398 | 37.3% |
| 2026-11-09 | 56,745 | 78,178 | 72.6% |
| 2026-11-06 | 24,616 | 42,224 | 58.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 195 | 14,020 | 1.4% |
| 2026-11-04 | 229 | 2,708 | 8.5% |
| 2026-11-03 | 6,249 | 12,028 | 52.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 2,003 | 19,866 | 10.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 238 | 4,489 | 5.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 592 | 6,172 | 9.6% |
QMMY short interest FAQ
What is QMMY's short interest?
FT Vest NASDAQ-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - May (QMMY) had 66K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does QMMY have?
4.1 days: 66K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 16K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is QMMY short interest rising or falling?
QMMY short interest fell (-4.2%) from 69K to 66K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is QMMY a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores QMMY 10 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 10.3/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of QMMY daily volume is sold short?
27.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was QMMY's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for FT Vest NASDAQ-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - May (QMMY) was 3,181 shares, 33.9% of 9,394 total volume.
How many QMMY short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for FT Vest NASDAQ-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - May (QMMY), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did QMMY short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for FT Vest NASDAQ-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - May (QMMY) moved from 37.3% on Nov 10, 2026 to 33.9% on Nov 11, 2026, down 3.4 percentage points.
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